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Reunion
55th REUNION
The Nottingham Class of 1955 held its 55th
reunion during the last weekend of July 2010.
The reunion began on Friday night with an informal cash bar and plenty of snacks at Saratoga Steaks, which was better known to our generation as "Tecumseh".
On Saturday afternoon, the class had a catered picnic under a pavilion next to the reservoir at Jamesville Beach County Park.
The reunion dinner was held at Drumlins in the Members Lounge. 54 dinners were served to classmates and their spouses. There were lots of conversations and laughs. Just before the dinner, the classmates took time for the necessary reunion photograph. It was great that we all looked the same as we did 55 years ago. Click here to see the reunion photo.
Starting with an original list of about 100 names, we were able to assemble 34 classmates. A few of us were from Central New York, but other classmates came thousands of miles from Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, and Massachusetts.
We managed the reunion finances carefully, and had almost ten percent left over after all bills were paid. We are pleased to present the NOTTINGHAM CONNECTION with a check for $400.
After all that fun, the next challenge is to do again, five years from now for our sixtieth.
Jack Loveland and Marty Levine
News
Several issues of "The Citizen" are now online:
September 14, 1953
December 21, 1953
May 24, 1954
Obituaries
Harold Long (’55), 74, of Vancouver, BC, died July 13, 2011. He served in the Air Force and lived in Canada for over 45 years. He is survived by two brothers, Nelson and Robert
Philip
Carlin Pinsky ('55), a distinguished and prominent
Upstate New York lawyer for five decades, died Saturday evening,
July 23, 2011, at his summer home on Wellesley Island, New York.
Although battling pancreatic cancer for over two years, the
cause of death was an apparent heart attack. He was 72. Mr.
Pinsky served as an attor ney in New York state for over 50
years and was a senior partner of Pinsky & Skandalis, a
Syracuse-based law firm. His long and dedicated career included
service as the first assistant counsel to the New York State
Senate Majority and assistant counsel to its Senate Majority. He
was chief counsel to the Temporary State Commission on Child
Welfare. He served previously as an assistant welfare attorney
and then chief welfare attorney for the Onondaga County
Department of Social Services. At various times in his career,
Mr. Pinsky practiced law with his father, brother and son. He
was very proud to have been legal counsel for the New York State
Radiological Society. Mr. Pinsky was the first recipient of the
Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence "for outstanding work in
Children and the Law." In 1988, he was elected a member of the
American Law Institute. In 1989, he received a Syracuse
University Chancellor's Citation for Distinguished Achievement
"in recognition of the profound and lasting influence [he had]
on government in New York state." Mr. Pinsky graduated from
Nottingham High School in Syracuse, received a B.A. from
Syracuse University in 1959, an LL.B. from Syracuse University
College of Law in 1961, and a Master's of Law degree in taxation
from New York University Law School in 1962, where he also held
a teaching fellowship. He also served as adjunct professor of
law at Syracuse University College of Law and lectured to
numerous groups throughout the United States. Mr. Pinsky was a
president of the Syracuse Jewish Federation and of the New York
State Association of Jewish Federations and received the
federation's prestigious Esther and Joseph Roth Award for
Outstanding Leadership. In addition, he was a former chair of
the board of directors of Loretto, a member of the board of
directors of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse
University Theatre Corp. and the boards of the United Way of
Central New York and New York state. Mr. Pinsky also served on
the board of advisors of Syracuse University College of Law. He
is survived by his loving wife, Marilyn. They would have
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 20. In
addition, he is survived by his two daughters and their spouses,
Debra and Thomas Lambert and Lauren and Marc Craig; son Bradley
and his spouse Allison Pinsky; five grandchildren, Sophie and
Noah Craig, Ethan and Cody Pinsky, and Madelyn Lambert; his
sisters, Naomi Blumenthal and Elaine (husband, David) Bluman;
his brother, Roy (Stephanie) Pinsky; and many loving nieces,
nephews, family and friends, including longtime professional
assistant, Celia Skandalis. Mr. Pinsky was predeceased by his
parents, Rose and Norman Pinsky.
Anthony Kotz (’55), 71, of Jamesville, NY, died December 18, 2009. He was a landscape architect. A graduate of SUNY’s ESF, his work involved land planning, site design, parks, recreational and athletic facilities, and master planning in numerous locations. He was active in many professional organizations and was a visiting professor and guest lecturer at ESF and other colleges and universities. In recent years he was involved in preserving the dune system. He is survived by his wife, two sons, two stepsons, a stepdaughter, and 12 grandchildren.
Michael “Mike” Alpern ('55) died May 13, 2007, in Key West, FL. He was involved in community theater while in Syracuse, retiring from Superior Electric in 1993 and moving to Florida. In Key West he worked at the Wreckers Museum, Hemingway Cat House, and Heritage Houses Museum. He is survived by three children, three grandchildren, his sister Iris Ann Maxon, and a nephew, Jason Maxon.
Alan Yehle (’55), 69, of Savannah, GA, died December 15, 2006. A graduate of Cornell, Alan served 17 years in the Army, attaining the rank of Major. He then worked as an accountant in various hotels in Augusta and Savannah. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, two sons, two grandchildren, and two siblings, Gene McCarthy of Jamesville and Eliot Klatzkin of Yardley, PA.
Mel LaForce (’55), 69, of Durhamville, died December 20, 2006.
Richard Kessler (’55), 68, of Cleveland,NY, died December 4, 2006. He retired as a computer programmer for General Electric. He is survived by a son and two granddaughters, a brother Robert of Germantown, TN, and a sister, Judi Keller, of Cicero.
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